Lichtheimia corymbifera

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Lichtheimia corymbifera is a thermophilic fungus in the phylum Zygomycota. It normally lives as a saprotrophic mold, but can also be an opportunistic pathogen known to cause pulmonary, CNS, rhinocerebral, or cutaneous infections in animals and humans with impaired immunity.

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Sources

1. Lichtheimia corymbifera — GBIF source
2. <i>Lichtheimia corymbifera</i> (Cohn) Vuill. — Descriptions of Medical Fungi (2022) source
3. A significant number of reported <i>Absidia corymbifera</i> ( <i>Lichtheimia corymbifera</i> ) infections are caused by <i>Lichtheimia ramos — Crossref (2012) source